News

Congratulations to speech-language-pathologist Alison Baade, MS, CCC-SLP, for being published in the May edition of the American Speech-Hearing Association's ASHA Leader. Alison's article, "Audism" Begins With Education," discusses how graduate coursework can be reframed to minimize audism and reduce harmful myths about the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH). Click here to read Alison's article.

The sun was out and the barbeque sizzled during last Thursday's Junior/Senior Tea Party! The event was hosted by Lexington's Junior class under the supervision of Core Advisors Yvette Brown and Dolly Dominguez. Members of the Class of '22 and their advisors, Melissa Vigilante and Shaunina Young, proudly wore their tie-died class t-shirts.

High fives to the Middle School faculty and staff for planning a fun Field Day and Barbeque on June 3rd to celebrate the end of the school year. The students enjoyed games of kick ball, Steal the Bacon, and Ghost followed by a delicious barbeque supervised by our own Grill Master - Spencer Stelmach.

Lexington was honored to have NYS Senator Shelley Mayer, Chair of the Senate's Committee on Education, as a guest reader in our preschool program on May 19th.

Lexington's Class of 2022 held their Masquerade Prom at the Astoria World Manor on May 25th. Congratulations to Prom Queen Leidy Lopez and Prom King Jesus Abreu!

Lexington 2022 Senior Awards Ceremony was held on May 19th in the school's auditorium. Congratulations to seniors Alexandra Quiroz, Valedictorian, and Alisa Tran, Salutatorian, for the Class of 2022. 

Click here to see the full list of awardees!

New COVID guidelines from the NYC Department of Education & NYC Department of Health for students who are close contacts and students who are sick, in addition to a new quarantine policy.

Click here to read the letter (English, Spanish & Chinese versions) from our school nurse!

To keep our schools safe, New York City is increasing random COVID testing to 20% of both unvaccinated and vaccinated students on a weekly basis. Families of children in 1st grade through 21 years are strongly encouraged to sign the consent for in-school testing. Click here for the form.